10/02/2026
📰🚨 ALERT🚨📢
Starting today, Oct. 1, sales tax rates are going up across Los Angeles County cities (plus Perris & Riverside
LA County's baseline sales tax jumps to 10.25%, pushing combined rates in cities like Santa Monica, Pasadena, Long Beach, and West Hollywood to 11% or higher—with Lancaster and Palmdale topping out at 11.75%.
While essentials like groceries and prescription meds remain exempt, local shoppers are already feeling the pinch at the checkout counter amid high gas prices and local inflation.
